Danam turns goon on Janmashtami

HYDERABAD: A day before Janmashtami, labour minister Danam Nagender and his aides created ruckus at the Lakshminarasimha temple at NBT Colony on Road No. 12, Banjara Hills and disrupted ongoing preparations for the festivities on Thursday. The minister locked up the gate of the temple premises preventing Hare Krishna Movement (HKM) devotees from entering it and abused police personnel guarding the place.His aides vandalised a sacred Tulasi pot and threw away prasadam. Nearly 4.38 acres of temple land has been given on lease to HKM, an initiative of Iskcon Bangalore, for maintenance and development. Trouble has been brewing between HKM and supporters of the minister in the last few days, but it snowballed into a major row just hours before Janmashtami festivities began. At around 9.30 am, Danam Nagender and his associates entered the premises and threatened people who were erecting a pandal for Janmashtami. The minister and his aides, manhandled an HKM volunteer, Ramakrishna Reddy, intimidated HKM manager Captain KS Rao and even abused Banjara Hills police sub-inspector Ramesh.
Based on a complaint by HKM authorities and Banjara Hills subinspector B Ramesh, police have booked a case against Danam Nagender and others under sections 143 (Being member of an unlawful assembly), 353 (Assault or use of criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty ), 342 (Wrongfully confining any person, 427 (Mischief, and thereby causing damage to the amount Rs 50 or upwards), 504 (Insult intended to provoke breach of peace) and 506 (Criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).